Evergreen Club Meets in Vancouver
The Washington Evergreen Club conference gathered 25 delegates including three from Seattle in Vancouver British Columbia. Miss Gulu Fairbanks attended with other Washington delegates and activities featured a Japanese delegation dinner and a Chinese delegation breakfast. The event included social events with folk dances from 40 nationalities and a Chinese dinner, plus a Beach Arch ceremony in Blaine and discussions on current issues with international guests. A banquet hosted by British Columbia's provincial government highlighted the colorful evening.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Northwest
Washington Evergreen Club
Vancouver
B. C
Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Mainland
Seattle
Gulu Fairbanks
West
Washington
British Columbia
Resignations and Local News From the Town
Miss Mary Morden and Mrs. Brown resign from school positions. Miss Martha Allen broke her collar bone. Henry Ormsby bought the house on McKay Street. Mrs. George Seeger and daughter Lucile returned from Montana. Herman Hutzel bought the house on East Michigan Avenue. Miss Mary Louise Taylor hosts a house party with six Detroit and Royal Oak guests. Rev and Mrs Littlejohn visited from Detroit for a Sand Lake Sunday school picnic. Philip Brenson visiting brother Fred Brenton after 30 years in the U. S. Army. Barns and buildings of Henry Cornish south of town burned. Young ladies from county GIRLS clubs return from Camp Birkett. Arthur Klager travels to Washington D C with relatives by auto.
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Mary Morden
Brown
Martha Allen
Henry Ormsby
McKay Street
James Lewis
George Seeger
Lucile
Montana
Herman Hutzel
East Michigan Avenue
Nellie Armbruster
Mary Louise’ Taylor
Detroit
Royal Oak
Littlejohn
Sandlake
Philip Brenson
U. S. Army
Fred Brenton
Henry Cornish
County
C. T. Bell
Stanley Davis
Otho
Local society notes and a fatal accident report
Eid. Barnard a was a home from De troit Sunday. Miss Bithel Sweet-will teach in Byron during the coming year. J. H. Fish has been entertaining his brother John and wife of Howell. Mrs. C. H. Carven left Saturday to visit sisters at Washington. Miss Nina Bush of Oklahoma is a guest at Miss Vesta Mills. Ed Staebler and son of Ann Arbor spent Sundays with E. G. Paul and family. Miss Mary Schieh of Ann Arbor visiting her aunt Mrs. Sarah Schieh. Mrs. A. C. Crittenden and Miss Lucy Cobb enjoying an outing at Mackinac. Miss Amanda Schaible and George Bernard spent Sunday at Pleasant Lake. Joseph Schweikert and wife of Byron visiting at the home of her cousin John Lutz and family south of town. The foundation of C. H. Guthard's new barn on East Main street commenced Monday. He expects to begin work on the house after the barn is done. Miss Irman Warden of Sand Beach visiting her grandfather A. G. Lawrence here. Thomas Baty and wife spent Sunday with relatives in Detroit. Mrs William Mahrle and Mrs Ed Dietle and children of Manchester, Reuben Schlemmer, wife and daughter Eva, and Miss Lydia Schlemmer of Ann Arbor spent Sunday with Irving Tripp and family. Lewis Aiken 24 and his daughter Gladys May 5, of Cement City died at Mercy hospital from injuries in a three car crash Sunday near the Meridian road township line two miles west and north of Cement City.
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Eid. Barnard
Detroit
Miss Bithel
Sweet - Will
Byron
J. H. Fish
John
Howell
C. H. Carven
Washington
Nina Bush
Oklahoma
Vesta Mills
Ed. Staebler
Ann Arbor
E. G. Paul
Mary Schieh
Sarah Schieh
A. C. Crittenden
Lucy Cobb
Mackinac
Amanda Schaible
George Bernard
Pleasant Lake
Joseph Schweikert
John Lutz
C. H. Guthard
East Main Street
Irman Warden
Sand Beach
A. G. Lawrence
Thomas Baty
Lydia Schlemmer
Irving Tripp
Hodge Podge Call for Household Tips and Friendships
Readers are invited to share ideas for easier household tasks and better ways to cook vegetables. Contributions may include favorite recipes and tips, with names used if desired. The note ends with Holmes poetry about friendship.
Homemade Pickles and Relish from Pantry Scale
CUCUMBER PICKLES recipe uses 200 cucumbers and 8 cups cider vinegar with 8 cups sugar and spices. soak cucumbers in brine, boil vinegar sugar and spices, pour over cucumbers, add olive oil, and seal hot jars. CORN RELISH blends corn cabbage green beans cucumbers celery peppers and vinegar with sugar and mustard, simmer 20 minutes, then seal sterile jars.
Sweet pickle syrup for assorted fruits recipe
A method for pickling peaches pears and melons uses 1 quart vinegar 4 cups brown sugar ½ ounce cinnamon stick and 14 ounces cloves. Bring to a boil pour hot syrup over fruit let stand 24 hours boil again repeat three times then heat and pack into sterilized jars and seal immediately.
Traditional cucumber pickling process with repeated boiling steps
The instructions describe packing 2 gallons of cucumbers in a stone jar, salting with 2 cups in 1 gallon of hot water, and a week of standing with weekly drain and boil steps. After several soakings and a final pickling liquor of vinegar sugar celery seed and cinnamon, the hot liquid is poured over the cucumbers and jars are sealed.
Substitute for coffee recipe with bran and meal
A drink recipe uses 6 cups bran 3 cups corn meal 2 eggs 1 cup black molasses and 1 cup water with salt and beaten eggs. Bake in a hot oven stirring to prevent scorching, then fold in ground coffee add 4 or 5 tablespoons. Store hot to preserve aroma. attributed to Mrs T C.
Household Hints for Everyday Care and Cooking
A collection of practical tips on kitchen cleanliness and stain removal. Advice covers preventing curdling when boiling milk, oven cleaning after roasting, using hot soda water for cleaning, removing berry stains with boiling water, and handling soot on carpets with dry salt. Also includes ant control, grass stain removal, reheating doughnuts and biscuits, and cake cooling and release from pans.
Pioneering Journey Through Michigan by F A Dewey
The Michigan Pioneer records recount F A Dewey's 1829 voyage from Buffalo to Michigan. He details steamship travel, wood fuel, landings, Ypsilanti, Tecumseh, and Cleveland on foot after storms, ending with a homecoming in Adrian. The piece honors early settlers and contrasts forest spars with modern roads and telegraphs.
Fleas Plague Michigan Pets In Summer Insect Guide
Entomology experts at Michigan State College report fleas are more numerous this summer with cats and dog fleas dominating Michigan. Eggs hatch into larvae then pupate. adults can live months without food. Use commercial flea treatments or soap and water. Clean animal beds and consider pyrethrum kerosene mixes for basements and finished floors.
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Michigan State College
Michigan
E. I. McDaniel
Entomology Department
Language as a temple and instrument across quotes
A collection of quotations on language from Emerson Holmes Eddy Johnson and others. It links language to building, spirit, science, and divine testimony with biblical lines and noted thinkers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmes
Samuel Johnson
St John’s Lutheran Church Service Schedule
Divine services at 16 a m and Sunday school at 11. English services every second and fourth Sunday of the month. Everybody cordially invited.
St James Evangelical Church Announces Sunday Schedule
Saline Township reader notice states no service at St James Evangelical Church August 22. Pastor W Breitenbach leads Sunday school as listed.
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St. James Evangelical Church
W. Breitenbach
Pastor Saline Township
Tam
Methodist Church Notes with Walter Laxman Minister
Morning worship at 10 oclock and Sunday school at 11 15. If you lose umbrellas, buy cheap ones. No home is complete without The Observer.
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Methodist
Walter Laxman
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